The Louisiana National Guard will present the Purple Heart combat decorations to three National Guardsmen at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Officers Club at Camp Beauregard in Pineville.

The soldiers will be presented with the decorations for injuries they suffered in combat in Afghanistan as members of the Louisiana National Guard in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The recipients are Sgt. Thomas Healy of Killeen, Texas; Spc. Jamaal Clark of Waterproof; and Spc. Williams Hernandez of Kenner.

The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action. It is specifically a combat decoration.